How much will my app cost to run each month?
Billing shows "About $X / month to run your app", worked out from your last 30 days of hosting, bot, texts, calls and emails.
Open Billing and look at the Credits card. It shows About [amount] / month to run your app, with the number of credits a month under it. Alori works it out from how your app was used over the last 30 days.
Also called: usage estimate, monthly cost, running cost, forecast, budget, coût mensuel, estimation, coût d'utilisation, budget mensuel
Step 1: Open Billing
Open your account menu and choose Billing.
Click: Billing
Step 2: Read the estimate
On the Credits card, under your balance, you see:
About [amount] / month to run your app: the estimate in US dollars.
[number] credits a month, based on your days of use: hosting, bot, texts, calls, emails. Changes to your app aren't counted.
Click: Billing › Credits
What's counted
Running your app: hosting, the bot, your private Chat, the app assistant, Company memory, texts, calls, emails, video meetings and payout fees. Your texting number's monthly fee is added as it is.
What's not counted
Building and changing your app in the chat, new projects, credits you bought or got from a plan or referral, and expired plan credits.
How it's worked out
Alori adds up what running your app used over the last 30 days.
It divides that by the number of days that had some use, then multiplies by 30. So a new app with only a few days of use still gets a fair monthly number.
It adds your texting number's monthly fee.
How the dollar amount is set
On Free: the credits times $0.30.
On Solo or Business: the cheapest monthly amount on your plan that covers it, with any extra credits at $0.30 each. If you're on an older amount, Alori compares it too.
Use it to pick a plan amount: choose the Monthly credits just above your estimate.
If it doesn't work
It shows $0. Your app hasn't used anything in the last 30 days yet, or it isn't live. Check again after a few days of use.
It looks high. Open See credit history to see which activity and which project use the most.
It changed a lot from last week. It follows your last 30 days, so a busy week moves it up and a quiet one moves it down.